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I asked Maggie a few weeks ago to get me some razors and gave her the wrong product name. She got what I asked for, Gillette Mach 3, though I really meant to ask for Gillette Fusion blades. The Mach 3 has 3 cutting blades and the Fusion has 5.

I’ve found that going back to the Mach 3 gives me a much better shave. It looks like jamming more blades into a cartridge doesn’t actually make it a better product.

I secretly wanted a cut-throat razor for my 21st birthday but it never came true – probably because I never told anyone ;) My dad uses my grandfather’s safety razor so I should take it off him and use it myself.

Adam on
May 28th, 2008

Aaron: you have a homosexual razor? I don’t know what preference mine is. Perhaps I should ask!

I never understood the ‘more blades’ thing completely. Yes, it would take less time, because 5 blades = 5 strokes with a single blade. But they always touted less irritation, and I’d figure that 5 blades going across your skin is 5 blades, no matter whether it’s done in 5 strokes or in perfect synchronicity with 5 blades at once. Hence Radford’s ‘face chewing’ observation.

I am glad that I went back to three. It’s meant much less irritation for me and the shave is much smoother. I think that with 5 blades only one or two are actually cutting based on the surface area of the blade cartridge. With the 3 blade razor I think all are cutting.

Adam on
May 29th, 2008

Maybe they could make a tong style razor, whereby you could do the left and right hand side of your face at the same time.